Black Swan Edges Past Inception

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Nominations announced for Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

By IGN Staff

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced the nominees for the 16th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. The winners will be announced at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards ceremony on Friday, January 14, 2011 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. This year's event will again take place at the Hollywood Palladium. This is the fourth year in a row that VH1 will broadcast the gala live on the network and the first year the show will also be broadcast internationally.

Black Swan received an unprecedented 12 nominations for the 16th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards, garnering nods for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Sound and Best Score. True Grit and The King's Speech followed close behind with 11 nominations each, while Inception received 10 nominations and The Social Network garnered 9.

Toy Story 3 was honored in the Best Picture and Best Animated Feature categories while two Best Picture nominees, Inception and The Town, were also recognized in the Best Action Movie category. 127 Hours, The Fighter and Winter's Bone also scored multiple nominations, including Best Picture.

Nicole Kidman received her record seventh acting nomination for Best Actress in Rabbit Hole. She won the first Critics' Choice Award as Best Actress 15 years ago for To Die For. Amy Adams will be seeking her second Critics' Choice Award as a Best Supporting Actress nominee in The Fighter.

Twenty-year-old Jennifer Lawrence earned nods in both the Best Actress and Best Young Actor/Actress categories, among the four nominations for Winter's Bone, while fourteen-year-old Hailee Steinfeld earned nods as both Best Supporting Actress and Best Young Actor/Actress for True Grit, contributing to its 11 nominations. Thirteen-year-old Chloe Moretz was nominated in the Best Young Actor/Actress category twice for Let Me In and Kick-Ass.

Brothers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen continue to be Critics' Choice favorites, nominated jointly for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for True Grit.